Improvement in halters for horses



J. P. OSBORN & W. A. BAY'HAN.

improvement in Halters.

No. 18,877. Pa1en1edsep.12,1a71.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISAIAH PRESTON OSBORN AND WILLIAM A. BAYHAN, OF WILMINGTON, OHIO SAIDBAYHAN ASSIGNS HIS RIGHT TO SAID OSBORN.

IMPROVEMENT IN HALTERS FOR HORSES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 118,877, datedSeptember 12, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, IsAIAH PRESTON OS- BORN and WILLIAM A. BAYIIAN,both of Wilmin gton, in the county of Clinton and State ot' Ollio, haveinvented an Improvement in Halters for Horses, and we do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanyin g drawing forming part of thisspecification, in which the figure is a perspective view of a halterconstructed in accordance with our improvement.

Our invention has for its object to improve the construction of thatclass of halters for horses known to the trade as tive-ring halters,7whereby we are enabled to economize in the material employed and in thetime and labor expended upon their construction. To this end theinvention consists in uniting the various straps of the halter by metalplates which are formed with slotted raised edges through which a strapis passed and riveted to said plate, and with an end loop to receive theend of such straps as are folded back and stitched to forni laps,7 aswill be hereinafter' more fully described.

By the employment of our improved fasteningplates we are enabled to savein every five-ring halter as now manufactured the labor of forming tivelaps or stitched folds, and the leather necessary for theirconstruction, which amounts in all to two feet and six inches, enough inevery dozen halters to form seven new ones.

In the accompanying drawing, A is the right cheek-strap of the halter,made in one piece with the crown-piece B 5 and C is the leftcheek-piece, made in one piece with the piece D, which carries a buckle,E, by which it is connected to the F and G are the nose and chinstraps,made in one piece, with its ends united by the buckle H, as shown. I arethe fasteningplates, constructed, preferably, of malleable-iron, with aloop, J, at one end. The back of each plate is made solid, and the frontwith a raised rib or flange, K, two opposite sides, L, of which areslotted for the passage of a strap. The cheekpieces of the halter areunited at their lower ends to the lower fastening-plates by being passedthrough the loops J therein and sewed in the form of a lap in the usualmanner. rIhe nose and chin-piece is connected to the same plates by being passed through the slotted ribs and riveted to the center of eachplate, as shown at M. The upper plates are attached to the cheek-strapsby rivets in the same manner, but the loops upon these plates are formeddiagonally across the end instead of at right angles, for the purpose ofimparting the proper inclination to the throatstrap N, whose ends areunited to said loops, and whose center is connected to the chin-strap bya short strap, O, and ring P in the usual manner. The lower plates canbe used upon either side of the halter, but the upper plates arenecessarily rights and lefts.

Our improved plates are similar to an ordinary buckle or ring inexternalappearance, but are unlike the latter in permittin g the passagethrough them of the nose and chin-strap, and the cheek-l straps, whichare usually made in separate pieces with each end lapped over a ring andstitched. Where the rings are usually applied to these parts we areenabled to save by the use of the fastening-plates the leather necessaryto forni the stitched laps, by which the straps are secured to therings, which, as previously mentioned, amounts in one halter to two feetand six inches.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new therein, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A five-ring halter, constructed with the fasten in g-plates I, withthe right cheek and crownstrap in one piece, the left cheek andbuckle-strap in one piece, and the nose and chin-straps in one piece,substantially as herein shown and described, for the purpose specified.

2. The fastening-plates I, for the parts of a halter provided with anend loop, J, a central rivet-hole, and the slotted front rib or iiangeK, as herein shown and described, for the purpose specified.

ISAIAH PRESTON OSBORN. WILLIAM A. BAYHAN. Witnesses:

P. B. OsBoRN, W. H. RUNNELLs.

